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C.1870.  Leg bone flute or whistle.  Decorations are burned/incised.   According to collection information, this flute may have been used as an accessory to a game--unstated, but probably used in early versions of popular "hand games," a form of gambling, complete with team play and traditional songs.  Size is 10.5 inches long. Cat. No. 73.13.3.  Courtesy Wyoming State Museum. 

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